Railway-tie.



No. 861,969. PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

M. A. GLYNN.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION nLEn'Dno. 6, 190 s.

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MICHAEL A. GLYNN, OF'HABANA, CUBA.

RAILWAY-TIE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed December 5, 1906. Serial No. 346,414.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL A. GLYNN, a British subject, and a residentof Habana, Cuba, have invented a new and Improved Railway-Tie, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to metallic railway ties, and is designed toprovide means simple in construction, effective in operation and durablein use, adapted to be readily connected with railway rails and to holdsaid rails firmly in position; it is also designed to provide means forcushioning said rails and enabling the rails to be readily detached fromthe ties and be replaced when dcsired. Such purposes I accomplish by themeans illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan of the device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is anend view of the same; Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line33 of Fig. 1.

As illustrated in the drawings, the rails 1 are provided with baseflanges 2, and supported upon chairs 3 provided with edge flanges 4. Thechairs are supported on the metallic ties formed of channeled iron orother suitable metal having a base plate 5 and side plates 6. Lockingmembers 7 provided with offset ends 8 are fixedly secured to one side ofthe ties by means of rivets 9, and are preferably arranged so as to bearagainst the outer portion of the base flanges 2 of the rails. Thesemembers not only serve to clamp and hold the rails on the chairs, butthey also serve as guides or gages adapted to determine the position ofthe outer edges of the flanges, so as to enable the rails to be quicklyand accurately adjusted on the ties.

Adjustable locking members are detachably secured to the ties andadapted to bear against the opposite flanges of the rails, and consistof clamps 10 having an upper off-set end 11 adapted to clamp the flangeof the rail, and a lower off-set end 12 which is held in lockingengagement with a socket-plate 13 fixedly secured to one of the verticalsides of the ties.

The edge of the clamp 10 is inclined and bears against Y a key 14 whichis also held in the socket member 13, and by means of which the clamp 10may be pressed inward on to the flange of the rail, and held thereagainst displacement. A cushion of cork, wood or other similar material15 is arranged on the chairs 3 under the flange of the rail as shown inFig. 3, adapted to deaden the vibration of the rail, thereby preventingsuch vibration from loosening the clamping elements which bind the railto the tie. The ties may be readily applied to a road-bed ballastedbetween the tics, and the rails secured to the tics and held thereon bymeans of such construction, in the simplest and most eflicient manner.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a channeled railwaytie having a base-plate andvertical side plates, of chairs supported upon the edges of said sideplates, locking members fixedly secured to said side plates and providedwith oft-set upper ends, a socket member secured to said tie, a clamphaving off-set ends detachably secured to said socket member, and a keywithin said socket member adapted to bear against said clamp,substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a channeled railway-tie having a base plate andvertical side plates, of chairs supported upon the edges of the saidside plates, locking members rigidly secured to said ties, socketmembers fixedly attached to said ties, clamps provided with off-set endsdetachably secured to said socket members, keys arranged within saidsocket members adapted to bear against said clamps, and cushioningdevices supported upon said chairs, adapted to support railway rails,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with a channeled railway-tie having a base plate andvertical side plates, of clamping members fixedly secured to said tie,chairs mounted on the edges of said tie, socket members attached to saidtic, clamps provided with oft-set ends detachably secured to said socketmembers, keys arranged within said socket members adapted to bearagainst said clamps, and cork cushions mounted on said chairs adapted tosupport railway rails, substantially as shown and described.

4, The combination with oppositely disposed railway rails having baseflanges, of a channeled tie having a base plate and vertical sideplates, chairs mounted on the edges of said side plates, locking memberssecured to said side plates, socket members secured to said ties, clampsarranged within said socket members and provided with offset ends, andkeys arranged within said socket members and adapted to bear againstsaid clamps, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination with a channeled metallic tie having a base plate andvertical side plates, of locking mcm-

